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Photograph of a ritual offering arrangement on a red-cloth floor in a temple hall. In the foreground, several woven baskets with pink and maroon borders are filled with coconut halves, yellow and red marigold garlands, green leaves and bundles of grain stalks, set on a magenta cloth. Scattered rice, flower petals and small brass bowls lie nearby. Behind, several people in orange and saffron clothing, including a woman in an orange sari and a man with a purple headcloth and white garment, sit observing. A green canopy and a yellow umbrella appear in the background.

Foreground view of ritual offerings arranged on a pink cloth: several decorated kalasha-style pots wrapped in striped patterned bands, each topped with coconut halves and draped with yellow marigold garlands and red roses, with green leaves and wheat or grass stalks. A straw broom rests at lower left. In the background, several people sit in an ashram or temple hall; a man on the right with a purple head-wrap, bare upper body and beaded necklaces, and a few figures in orange and saffron clothing, one wearing a rudraksha-style mala. Their faces are partly out of focus.

A ritual scene during a temple event. In the left foreground a man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth holds a lit oil lamp in his hand, its flame bright. In front of him, several decorated pots are arranged with bundles of yellow marigold garlands, red roses, green leaves, sheaves of golden grain and halved coconuts. Behind, blurred figures wearing saffron-orange head cloths and robes watch the ceremony, and a woman in a purple garment raises her arm at the right edge. The scene suggests an aarti or puja offering with flowers and grain, but no deity or a person is clearly visible.

April 14 2018

Priests in white dhotis and ritual attire perform a puja at a decorated altar within a temple hall. A man in white on the left holds a silver bowl, while another priest in white with a gold chain and a bare upper body waves incense smoke over a purple-cloth-covered platform. The platform holds yellow and red flower garlands, coconuts, bananas and decorated kalasha-like pots. A fire pit with offerings sits in the foreground, and a red and green canopy with floral garlands frames a deity murti.

Two ceremonial kalasha pots topped with coconuts and mango leaves are heavily garlanded with yellow marigolds, red roses and white jasmine, with blue and gold beaded ornaments. They sit on a red cloth in a temple setting, with trays of offerings and flower petals nearby. Behind them, a priest in a green-bordered dhoti and a few other people are partly visible, along with decorated pillars and a camera crew at the edge. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam preparation.

April 14 2018

April 14 2018

2018-04-14 +2 copies

Photo of a ritual offering display at an outdoor yagna site. Rows of decorated coconuts topped with bunches of yellow flowers and green leaves sit in coloured pots on a long table draped in red, orange, purple, green and blue cloths. Bananas and yellow marigold garlands lie along the table edge. Behind, a raised platform has red and orange draped cloth and a purple cloth, with smoke rising. A few people are seated in the background, including a bare-chested man and a person in white dhoti at left, partly visible. No a person candidate is clearly visible.

Close-up photograph of a ritual offering arrangement on a tray. Several coconuts wrapped in striped cloth (pink, red, green and white) and crowned with yellow marigold flowers and pink blossoms stand in brass-rimmed pots woven with white thread. Green bananas, a red apple, a split coconut with white flesh, scattered grains and green leaves surround them. No people are visible; this appears to be a kalasha-style puja display.

2020-03-15 +2 copies

Ritual arrangement of silver-meshed kalasha pots topped with yellow chrysanthemums, red roses and green leaves, wrapped in lavender cloth, set on a colourful striped woven cloth. A silver bowl with engraved designs and a folded white towel sit nearby, with blurred figures in white at the top edge. No people clearly visible in focus.

Outdoor ritual display of several copper kalashas arranged on a white cloth-covered table, each wrapped with white cloth bordered in red and black, and garlanded with yellow marigolds and green leaves. Brass oil lamp stands at the left edge, with coconuts, rose petals and small potted plants among the vessels. Behind them, men and women in white clothes stand close together, including a man in white shirt and mala beads at left and a man in white shirt at right, with a woman in white sari at far left. Palm fronds and a yellow-clad figure appear in the background.